Brakes Lyrics - Stakes Is High - De La Soul

There's a lot of people out here 

Who just don't know 

What plays a factor 

In movin' heads and toes 

It be them hits 

Hangin' out of them stereo kits 

Whether cassette radio or cd bits 

Mix tapes from the best 

Going on and on 

Throughout the city grounds 

To suburban lawns 

Man, we don't play 

Even where we stay 

Videos shows the visuals 

Of jams today 

Coinciding with the rhythm 

Of the heart and neck 

The brakes got you 

In your proper context 

You let your lex or your 

Sixty-four suspension 

Bounce away all your tension 

En route to the club 

Where girls need the quenchin' 

Diamonds on your wrist 

Sunroof top 

But niggas out front 

Makin' guns go pop 

So the spot gets shut 

But on to the next 

'Cause your ears get vexed 

When they don't get the fix cause 

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(These are the brakes) 

It be your listenin pleasure 

While you're doin your chores 

(These are the brakes) 

No matter where you from 

It's for you and yours 

(These are the brakes) 

Bringing it back to the brakes 

Like the 'yes yes y'all' 

(These are the brakes) 

So let it be your anthem 

When you're havin' a ball 

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Well it's silly of me 

To think that I 

Would never get a chance to see 

A piece of this pie 

I sat dead in front of speakers 

Thinkin' that could be me 

Anticipatin' open microphones 

So I could emcee 

Had a catalogue of raps 

Impressin' all the 'round-the-wayers 

Before I went to bed 

Included rhymes into my prayers 

But that rhyme is all on paper 

I want my song on vinyl plates 

I dreamin' hits and doin' shows 

Makin my niggas spines shake 

Expectin' nuttin but a little bit 

Of radio play 

Gettin diced on 1 and 2's 

By the best djs, hey 

Time was kinda tight 

But still i dotted on the line 

And some expected me 

To start buhlooning in the mind 

Seein' spaces and places 

That i couldn't pronounce 

But still i had the pulleys 

To make all the bullies bounce 

With the blessings of the great 

We took it from state to state 

'Cause we landed on the good foot 

And got our biggest brake cause 

(These are the brakes) 

A mother gets mugged 

By her crackhead son 

"That's the brakes, that's the brakes" 

You're in the wrong part of town 

So the shots make you run 

"That's the brakes, that's the brakes" 

Your best comrades put six tabs 

In your o.e. 

"That's the brakes, that's the brakes" 

Your boyfriend made you a carrier of HIV 

"That's the brakes, that's the brakes" 

Now what's gonna happen 

When the sun don't shine 

I'm buyin tickets aboard 

The caravan of love 

Hey fellas 

See, money don't make shots repel 

I break woes and compose 

Some rhymes to tell 

So when the party's live 

It shouldn't be beef 

Or playin' indian roles 

I guess you thought you was chief 

Seems all broke up 

And now you woke up surprised 

Situation's gettin sticky 

Dead in front of your eyes 

We play the wall 

Similar to tacks 

Until the dj plays 

The necessary track 

In fact as the jam plays on 

Out comes all your bread 

To pay for drinks 

For them girls you want to spread 

Don't be mislead 

When the brakes inside your head 

And have you reminiscing 

On them kids who got you fed 

Until reality reveals a miss 

Who wants to know 

If you can play her real close 

Out on the dance floor 'cause 

(These are the brakes) 

It be your listenin pleasure 

While you're doin your chores 

(These are the brakes) 

No matter where you from 

It's for you and yours 

(These are the brakes) 

Ringin it back to the brakes 

Like the 'yes yes y'all' 

(These are the brakes) 

So let it be your anthem 

When you're havin, a ball